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1. Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man with you?
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1. Then came H935 David H1732 to Nob H5011 to H413 Ahimelech H288 the priest H3548 : and Ahimelech H288 was afraid H2729 at the meeting H7125 of David H1732 , and said H559 unto him, Why H4069 art thou H859 alone H905 , and no H369 man H376 with H854 thee?
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2. David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, Let no man know anything of the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you: and I have appointed the young men to such and such a place.
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2. And David H1732 said H559 unto Ahimelech H288 the priest H3548 , The king H4428 hath commanded H6680 me a business H1697 , and hath said H559 unto H413 me , Let no H408 man H376 know H3045 any thing H3972 of H853 the business H1697 whereabout H834 I H595 send H7971 thee , and what H834 I have commanded H6680 thee : and I have appointed H3045 my servants H5288 to H413 such H6423 and such H492 a place H4725 .
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3. Now therefore what is under your hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever there is present.
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3. Now H6258 therefore what H4100 is H3426 under H8478 thine hand H3027 ? give H5414 me five H2568 loaves of bread H3899 in mine hand H3027 , or H176 what there is present H4672 .
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4. The priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.
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4. And the priest H3548 answered H6030 H853 David H1732 , and said H559 , There is no H369 common H2455 bread H3899 under H413 H8478 mine hand H3027 , but H3588 H518 there is H3426 hallowed H6944 bread H3899 ; if H518 the young men H5288 have kept themselves H8104 at least H389 from women H4480 H802 .
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5. David answered the priest, and said to him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then today shall their vessels be holy?
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5. And David H1732 answered H6030 H853 the priest H3548 , and said H559 unto him, Of H3588 H518 a truth women H802 have been kept H6113 from us about these three H8032 days H8543 , since I came out H3318 , and the vessels H3627 of the young men H5288 are holy H6944 , and the bread is in a manner H1870 common H2455 , yea H637 , though H3588 it were sanctified H6942 this day H3117 in the vessel H3627 .
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6. So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the show bread, that was taken from before Yahweh, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
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6. So the priest H3548 gave H5414 him hallowed H6944 bread : for H3588 there was H1961 no H3808 bread H3899 there H8033 but H3588 H518 the shewbread H3899 H6440 , that was taken H5493 from before H4480 H6440 the LORD H3068 , to put H7760 hot H2527 bread H3899 in the day H3117 when it was taken away H3947 .
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7. Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Yahweh; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the best of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul.
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7. Now a certain man H376 of the servants H4480 H5650 of Saul H7586 was there H8033 that H1931 day H3117 , detained H6113 before H6440 the LORD H3068 ; and his name H8034 was Doeg H1673 , an Edomite H130 , the chiefest H47 of the herdsmen H7462 that H834 belonged to Saul H7586 .
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8. David said to Ahimelech, Isn't there here under your hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.
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8. And David H1732 said H559 unto Ahimelech H288 , And is there H3426 not H371 here H6311 under H8478 thine hand H3027 spear H2595 or H176 sword H2719 ? for H3588 I have neither H1571 H3808 brought H3947 my sword H2719 nor H1571 my weapons H3627 with H3027 me, because H3588 the king H4428 's business H1697 required H1961 haste H5169 .
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9. The priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if you will take that, take it; for there is no other except that here. David said, There is none like that; give it me.
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9. And the priest H3548 said H559 , The sword H2719 of Goliath H1555 the Philistine H6430 , whom H834 thou slewest H5221 in the valley H6010 of Elah H425 , behold H2009 , it H1931 is here wrapped H3874 in a cloth H8071 behind H310 the ephod H646 : if H518 thou wilt take H3947 that, take H3947 it : for H3588 there is no H369 other H312 save H2108 that here H2088 . And David H1732 said H559 , There is none H369 like that; give H5414 it me.
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10. David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
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10. And David H1732 arose H6965 , and fled H1272 that H1931 day H3117 for fear of H4480 H6440 Saul H7586 , and went H935 to H413 Achish H397 the king H4428 of Gath H1661 .
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11. The servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David the king of the land? Didn't they sing one to another about him in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?'"
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11. And the servants H5650 of Achish H397 said H559 unto H413 him, Is not H3808 this H2088 David H1732 the king H4428 of the land H776 ? did they not H3808 sing one to another H6030 of him H2088 in dances H4246 , saying H559 , Saul H7586 hath slain H5221 his thousands H505 , and David H1732 his ten thousands H7233 ?
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12. David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
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12. And David H1732 laid up H7760 H853 these H428 words H1697 in his heart H3824 , and was sore H3966 afraid H3372 of H4480 H6440 Achish H397 the king H4428 of Gath H1661 .
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13. He changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.
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13. And he changed H8138 H853 his behavior H2940 before H5869 them , and feigned himself mad H1984 in their hands H3027 , and scrabbled H8427 on H5921 the doors H1817 of the gate H8179 , and let his spittle H7388 fall down H3381 upon H413 his beard H2206 .
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14. Then said Achish to his servants, Look, you see the man is mad; why then have you brought him to me?
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14. Then said H559 Achish H397 unto H413 his servants H5650 , Lo H2009 , ye see H7200 the man H376 is mad H7696 : wherefore H4100 then have ye brought H935 him to H413 me?
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15. Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
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15. Have I H589 need H2638 of mad men H7696 , that H3588 ye have brought H935 H853 this H2088 fellow to play the mad man H7696 in my presence H5921 ? shall this H2088 fellow come H935 into H413 my house H1004 ?
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